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'Injured. Three of them were
bruised, he said, and the other,
Mrs. Zimeringblat, was taken ta
the hospital, "slightly injured'
Despite this claim it is known
that the ambulance ofB.-E. Arnt
zen, undertaker, 810 N. Clark
street, carried away one of the
persons.
Nothing could be learned of
the injured person's identity.
Arntzen said he had been in
structed to say nothing of the ac
cident. "It might have been a woman,"
he admited. "I have been in
structed to keep quiet. Call up
Siegel-Cooper's."
A reporter -for The Day Book
saw Mr. Basch.
"Have you the names of the
people who were hurt in the ele
vator fall Saturday afternoon,
was asked.
"My God!" exclaimed Basch,
surprised. "There were only four
people hurt. The elevator only
fell a floor. No one was badly in
jured. You're wasting your time
on this little accident."
"Have you the names of the
four?"
"No," was the answer. "One
of the women was taken to the
Michael Reese hospital. I don't
know where the others are."
Michael Reese hospital was
gotten on the phone, A male
voice answered.
"How badly is that woman in
jured who was brought to your
hospital from Siegel, Cooper's
Saturday afternoon?" asked the'
reporter.
"I don't know," answered the
voice. "Call up Dr. J. A. Cous
ins.
Dr. Cousins lives at 2247 Ham
ilton court. A woman's voice
there said he could be secured by
calling Private Exchange 5. This
is the private exchange of Siegel,
Cooper.
"What is the name of the wom
an taken to the Michael Reese
hospital from Siegel, Cooper's
Saturday?" was asked.
'I don't know," he answered.
"Was it Mrs. Zimeringblat?"
"I believe it was."
"Is she badly hurt?" asked the
reporter.
"No, only slightly injured."
"They can't be so slight if she
is still at the hospital," persisted
the reporter.
"I'll let you talk to some one
else," replied the doctor.
Like Arntzen, the doctor1
"couldn't talk."
Isaac Keim, third vice presi
dent of the Siegel-Cooper Co.,
was the next man talked to.
"Do you know the names of
any of the persons injured in the
accident Saturday afternoon ?"
he was asked.
""What accident?" he queried.
"The fall of your freight eleva
tor," explained the reporter,
"Never heard of it; better call
up some one else," was the sur
prising reply, as Keim slapped up
his receiver.
The reporter went back to Dr.
Couins.
"How badly were the three
people who were hurt, besides
Mrs. Zimeringblat, injured?" he
was asked.
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